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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...

Since we launched the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge last year, we’ve seen cities make great strides. This year’s entrants are knowledgeable and committed, and they have large ambitions. They are moving beyond the ‘pilot phase’ to deploy...

As the first year of our Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge program draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the progress our first five winning cities have made. After an extensive application process Austin, Indianapolis, Miami...

A year ago, we opened the application process for our first Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grants and five cities stood out. Last week, we were in Philadelphia to deliver our final workshop for the Class of 2017 and 200 people participated...

What comes first: the technology or the people? We were in Indianapolis this week for our third Readiness Challenge Grant Workshop — and the answer there is clearly the public.Indianapolis was one of five cities to win our first series of grants and...

We were in Orlando this week to deliver our second Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant workshop. Orlando is one of the five winners of this year’s grants and it has a problem that most cities would be envious of: A thriving economy....

Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China. It has an area of 4,467 km2 (1,725 mi2) and a population of 2 million. In recent years, it has become one of the world’s top smart cities.I recently met with the Vice Mayor of...

Pushkar in the Ajmer district in Western India.The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) selected Emerging Markets Infrastructure, working in cooperation with the Smart Cities Council, Smart Cities Council India, 3 E Consulting, Cimperium and...

The government on Thursday released a list of 98 selected cities, across 35 states and Union Territories to be developed as 'Smart Cities' under the government's '100 Smart Cities Mission. The names of the two cities are still awaited has Jammu...

Looking for money to help fund a smart cities initiative? You may already have it. It just may be going down the drain.Itron CEO Philip Mezey told participants at the Council's Smart Cities Now forum in Charlotte, North Carolina this week that North...

A city in southwest England will soon be covered by a wireless umbrella designed to connect everything, allowing enterprising researchers to find new uses for the data that’s generated. The goal is to turn the city of Bristol into a hotbed of smart...

Scroll down for this week's short takes from Council members …Qualcomm ups commitment to mobile learning with acquisition of EmpoweredU: Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Council Lead Partner Qualcomm, wants to continue to demonstrate how...

In India, new growth centers are emerging beyond the country's six emerging metros. As growth shifts to smaller second- and third-tier cities, smart cities efforts need to be refocused on these emerging cities before growth overruns them. This...

Resources - 02/16/2015

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